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10 songs that feel like Behemoth

Matched to Behemoth by Godspeed You Black Emperor on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Behemoth
Godspeed You Black Emperor
intense 67/100 intensity 80 BPM
Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I — Keith Jarrett moderate 60 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and sits a little calmer at 52/100.

Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla — Richard Wagner intense 60 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

Symphony No. 9 — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 90 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (72/100). Measured 94% alike.

Symphony No. 7 — Gustav Mahler intense 80 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It runs a little hotter at 73/100.

The Cowboy — Godspeed You! Black Emperor intense 80 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and runs a little hotter at 73/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 — Frédéric Chopin intense 100 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (71/100).

Jupiter (Variation) — John Coltrane intense

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Measured 85% alike.

Symphony No. 9 — Gustav Mahler intense 100 BPM

Measures 85% the same. It runs a little hotter at 83/100.

Daphnis et Chloé — Maurice Ravel intense 120 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (70/100).

Alabama — John Coltrane intense 60 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 73/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Behemoth is more than you want right now.

Sweet Heart Sweet Light — Spiritualized moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 61/100, down from 67.

Epilepsy is Dancing — Antony and the Johnsons moderate 72 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 44/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Aerials by System of a Down
Aerials — System of a Down moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 51/100.

Guilt Trip by Kanye West
Guilt Trip — Kanye West moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 50/100, versus the original's 67.

Touch — Daft Punk moderate 91 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 61/100, down from 67.

A Sort of Homecoming — U2 moderate 95 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 51/100 — the pull without the edge.

Songs in the Key of Life — Stevie Wonder moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 61/100.

The Holy River by Prince
The Holy River — Prince moderate 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 57/100, versus the original's 67. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Behemoth” by Godspeed You Black Emperor?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I” by Keith Jarrett, “Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla” by Richard Wagner, “Symphony No. 9” by Ludwig van Beethoven — the top match scores 87% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Behemoth” but calmer?

“Sweet Heart Sweet Light” by Spiritualized, “Epilepsy is Dancing” by Antony and the Johnsons, “Aerials” by System of a Down keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Behemoth”?

It measures 67/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, frequent sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 80 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 87% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 67/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, frequent shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 96% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

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What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus4/10
Workout5/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype5/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2000 in context

The 306 songs we’ve measured from 2000 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 9/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity67
Dynamics89
Tempo22
Surprise75
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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